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An Act to incorporate the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road Company, and the Tennessee Central Rail Road Company. 1847-1848 177 (1847)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0144 and id is 1 raw text is: 177 CHAPTER CXVIII. An Act to incorporate the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road Company, and the Tennessee Central Rail Road Company. Whereas, it appears to this General Assembly, from the memorial of Jonathan Emanuel, President, and George N. Stewart, Sydney Smith, Moses- Warring, Cha les LeBaron, and S. Griffitts Fisher, Directors of the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road Association, that a com- pany has been organized at Mobile, in the State of Ala- bama, for the purpose of constructing a rail road from Mobile to the Tennessee river, and from thence to a suit- able point near the mouth of the Ohio river; for which purpose, said board of president and directors have ap- alied to this General Assembly, for the passage of such a law as may be necessary to authorize the construction of said road through the State of Tennessee. And, whereas, it is deemed a matter of vital importance to this State, that a direct communication, by rail road, to the Gulf of Mexico be established-Therefore: SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the incorporation State of Tennessee, That the said Jonathan Enaanuel, hfbile and President, and the said George N. Stewart, Sydney Company. Smith, Moses Warring,Charles LeBaron, and S. Griffitts Fisher, Directors, and their associates, who shall be the stockholders of said company, and their successors, un- der the name and style of The Mobile and Ohio Rail Road Company, are hereby declared to be a body cor- porate and politic under the laws of Tennessee, with succession for five hundred years, and a common seal, with capacity to have, receive and enjoy, to them and their successors, property and estate of whatsoever na- ture and quality, and the same to alien, transfer and dis- pose of, so far as may be necessary to carry into effect the main object of this charter, which is hereby declar- ed to be the construction, use and maintenance of a rail road. from'Mobile, in the State of Alabama, to some point on the Mississippi or Ohio river, near the mouth of the Ohio, passing through the State of Tennessee. SEC. 2. Be it enacted, That said company is hereby rowers of declared capable of making all contracts; to sue and be corporation, sued; to make by-laws; to appoint officers, servants and agents; and finally to do all things which may be neces- sary to carry on the business and object for which said corporation is created. The said company is invested with all the powers necessary for the construction, re- pair, use and maintenance of the said rail road, with as many tracks, depots, turnouts, side-tracks, landings, 12 Digitized from Best Copy Available

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